Megnut
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And, in fact, the only person to have handled the snap. No other DNA from another source recovered.But there is a big difference between 'Touch DNA' and 'Single Source Touch DNA...which is what we have on the knife sheath.
If there was 'touch DNA' matching BK on the sheath, MIXED WITH other DNA profiles....that would be controversial and easier for the defense to discount and justify. That could mean that the owner of the knife left their DNA and they had somehow also picked up some skin cells somehow from BK....
But Single Source DNA , of BK, on the under rim of the snap from the knife sheath----that is much harder to explain away. The fact that it is the only DNA found points more directly at BK being the last person to unsnap that sheath. JMO
A leather sheath for a Ka-Bar brand combat-style knife was found at the off-campus home where the U of I students were killed. Investigators located a single source of male touch DNA on the sheath's button snap, which was later linked to Kohberger, police have said.Jan 12, 2024
Judge orders DNA records turned over to Kohberger defense
Another detail surely conveyed by the sheath itself-- its relative age. Helping information for the scope of purchase!
JMO